Chris Read
Christopher Mark Wells Read
Born: 10 August 1978, Paignton, Devon
Major Teams: Gloucestershire, England, Nottinghamshire, Devon.
Known As: Chris Read
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut: England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1999
Latest Test: England v New Zealand at Manchester, 3rd Test, 1999
ODI Debut: England v South Africa at Bloemfontein, Standard Bank Series, 1999/00
Latest ODI: England v Zimbabwe at Harare, 3rd ODI, 1999/00
NBC Denis Compton Award 1997
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 05/08/1999)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 3 4 0 38 37 9.50 31.93 0 0 10 1
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 20/02/2000)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 9 6 2 70 26* 17.50 59.82 0 0 11 2
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(1997/98 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 99 150 24 3330 160 26.42 2 15 284 9
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 3 0 25 0 - - 0 0 - 8.33
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1995 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 121 96 22 1566 69 21.16 0 3 136 30
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Born and bred in Devon, Chris Read made his debut in top cricket at the age
of just 16, when he represented the county in the NatWest Trophy, and he
opened the batting for them the following year. His promise was recognised
by Gloucestershire, and he played some one-day games for them in 1997,
before being selected for the England A tour of Kenya and Sri Lanka without
having played a first-class match.
On returning he decided to leave Gloucestershire, realising that
first-team cricket was unlikely while Jack Russell was first-choice keeper.
Read joined Nottinghamshire, and made steady progress in 1997. Another fine
A tour to Zimbabwe and South Africa was marked by neat, reliable keeping and
some vital innings in one-day games, in which he twice took his side to
victory from apparently losing positions. Nottinghamshire promoted him in
the batting order in 1999, and he responded with his maiden first-class
century.
In the same year the selectors decided, not for the first time, to
relieve Alec Stewart of the dual burden of keeping and opening. With Jack
Russell retired from international cricket, Read made his Test debut against
New Zealand at Edgbaston in June 1999. He managed eight dismissals, but
later admitted that as a newcomer to the England dressing room he felt less
than comfortable. At Lord's he made a robust 37 in the second innings after
being spectacularly bamboozled by Chris Cairns' slower ball in the first.
While he kept tidily to the quicker bowlers, he was more fallible standing
up to the spin of Phil Tufnell, and after the third Test the England gloves
were handed back to Stewart.
Read toured South Africa and Zimbabwe the following winter, where he
played in nine one-day internationals, but made way, again for Stewart, in
2000. He continued to perform effectively for Nottinghamshire, and went on
the A tour of the West Indies in 2000/1. He missed out on selection for the
India and New Zealand tours of 2001/2 when the selectors chose James Foster
and Warren Hegg, but was included, along with Glamorgan's Mark Wallace, in
the first two England Academy squads.
A tidy if unspectacular keeper, Read has benefitted from the coaching
and guidance of both Alan Knott and Bruce French. He is an improving
batsman, with a top score of 160 made against Warwickshire in 1999, the
highest score by a Notts wicket-keeper for over 30 years. (Copyright
CricInfo October 2002)
Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 15:34:00 GMT
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